WoRMS name details
Clypeaster ambigenus (Lamarck, 1816)
568556 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:568556)
unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Scutella ambigena Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 12 [details]
page(s): 12 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2026). World Echinoidea Database. Clypeaster ambigenus (Lamarck, 1816). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=568556 on 2026-07-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Scutella ambigena Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 12 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1948). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. IV, 2. Clypeasteroida. Clypeasteridæ, Arachnoidæ, Fibulariidæ, Laganidæ and Scutellidæ. 471 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 88-94 [details]
page(s): 12 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1948). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. IV, 2. Clypeasteroida. Clypeasteridæ, Arachnoidæ, Fibulariidæ, Laganidæ and Scutellidæ. 471 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 88-94 [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Lambert, J. (1915). Note sur la synonymie des espèces vivantes de Clypéastres. <em>Annales de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon, Nouvelle Série.</em> 61: 275-300., available online at https://doi.org/10.3406/linly.1915.4224
page(s): 283, 284, 286, 287, 292, 293; note: C. ambigenus has a complex history, being mixed with multiple other taxa [details]
page(s): 283, 284, 286, 287, 292, 293; note: C. ambigenus has a complex history, being mixed with multiple other taxa [details]
